One of the problems with counting/accounting for the 'HS30' prefixed bodies is that people expect them to be in some sort of constant and linear progression, which wasn't the case. There were gaps both in production and numbering. Nissan Shatai was under great pressure, operating over reasonable capacity, and so was Nissan's whole supply and transport system.

@Alan I want to come back to this point. You say there were gaps in production and numbering. Does this mean that some numbers were never actually made?

For example does that mean it's possible HS30 00020 or HS30 00050 never existed? And were simply skipped due to whatever constraints Nissan was under at the time?

Or are you referring to the jump in production numbers that indicated changes to the models that were used for internal purposes? For example the sudden jump from HS30 00999 to HS30 1XXXX range?

By the way this is an awesome thread thanks Gav240z, and thanks for getting the photos on the first page sorted

Thanks I'll add it soon, I think the photos really highlight what's left and in what shape, original or modified, original colour or repaint. Needing restoration or restored already.

I will eventually add a proper database for this where people can submit photos and we can hopefully keep track of these cars over time and how they change. Imagine if you bought a 240z and had 10 years of historical photos of the car available for example? We can eventually expand it out to all S30z's, 260z, 2+2s etc.. Perhaps even foreign market cars also (in a separate area).

Ditto with 240s & 260s sold new in NZ.Many owners removed the mirrors - which on our 260s were quite bulky things - & had the holes in the guards filled in.Very hard to find such mirrors today for a concours restoration.